Overview
- Ukrainian officials reported residential and energy sites hit in Kyiv and damage to port and power facilities in Odesa, with outages across parts of the capital.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched 22 missiles and more than 460 drones, and reported that several drones crossed into Romanian and Moldovan airspace.
- Ukraine conducted cross‑border strikes into southern Russia, with regional authorities reporting three deaths in Taganrog and injuries and damage in Rostov and Krasnodar.
- U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll held talks in Abu Dhabi with Ukrainian and Russian counterparts as negotiators work off a revised 19‑point draft following Geneva consultations.
- Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Moscow could reject modifications that strip out understandings he says were reached with President Trump, while European leaders pressed for stronger security guarantees for Kyiv and Zelensky said he is ready to discuss sensitive points with Trump.